Andrew Hayden Park

We're having a great final week. Here we are hitting up Andrew Hayden Park where the boys had an absolutely fantastic time.

One week to go

Summer's fading fast.
I love my two boys so very much.
I'm gonna squeeze every moment I can outta the last ones before school starts up again.

Here we are the boys' favourite museum checking out new things both indoors and out:

BNK's playdate

The boys have been itching for a playdate since we got back form the cottage. We took a quick look at the people that we could invite and they chose BNK. He was over in about 15 minutes!
Here are the boys playing on the waterslide that they put together:

And then Monkey decided that it was time to make mohawks. Here they are with Monkey stylin' it up (I love the use of the toy square to do the coifing....do they use that in the salons??):

Big C's Big Catch

Here's Big C's first fish.

Cottage Photos Part I - Daddy's Favourite Day

We had such a wonderful week at the cottage in Westport. It was a simple cottage with two little bedrooms, a small kitchen, an even smaller bathroom, but a beautiful spot on the lake. We spent almost all of our time outdoors and the weather was just gorgeous.
Here are some of the early shots from the week. I'll post more as this week rolls out.
Here's the dock and the view of the lake. The boat isn't there, but it spent the first hour and a half of our day out on the water exploring and chatting with the boys. Best bonding time ever.
I taught Monkey how to fish. Here's the before picture:
here's the bait that we went out and found. I taught the boys how to look for worms and 'catch' them. We caught two of them. Here's the first on the line:
and here's the after photo. He was so proud of his first catch:

Big C meanwhile was checking out the caterpillars that would fall from the trees:
By the way,after catching the first fish Big C was put in charge of watching the fish in the bucket and the worm next to it. Before I knew it Big C was telling me "Hey daddy, I fed the fish'. That's right, he'd tried to feed the fish that we caught the worm that we were going to use to catch more.What a cute kid.
We showed off Monkey's first two fish to mommy.:
and here he is releasing his catch:


We rounded off the day as I taught Monkey how to catch a baseball in a glove and throw it back, taught him how to build drip sandcastles
taught him how to skip stones on the water. There were so many moments, but that day was by far my favourite.

Museum Time!

The boys have been itching to go to their favourite museum. Here are some photos of our most recent visit. They decided to check out some old favourites:

and some new spots like the braille exhibit where Monkey made his name on a piece of paper. It's pretty neat - you have to work right to left to get it to work out and he flew through!
the crazy mirrors:
the new little kids area was a hit with Big C (check out the train tracks):

The 'Art-Attack-O-Saurus"

The Dino museum and the sleepover at M&T's house where he watched "Art Attack" both had an impression on Monkey. Monkey got in his mind that he had to make an 'art attack-o-saurus'. Here's how the process worked out for him (to my knowledge his first process that he did entirely by himself):
Here's where he tore apart the box to get a flat sheet:We discussed proper scissor use. After monitoring his first few cuts here, we decided it best to move to the kitchen for the rest of the work:
Here are the sheets getting ready for their work:
The arms and legs are taking shape, and the head is currently at the bottom:
and now the finished product, proudly hung in the basement:
Big C got in on the fun too.